On board graphicss

[MrBlobby]

Can you not have on board graphics on an nice low watt cpu TDP ?


Seems the graphics isn't that good so who'd want to pay for two lots of graphics ?

Or is there the equivalent of Radeon 5450 which is what I have at the moment ?

 

[snips86x]

What is your budget & current spec?

 

[MrBlobby]

£200 ish suppose just wanted to know what was available

AMD 615e Radeon HD 5450

 

[cheesyboy]

AMD Kabini

The 5350 Athlon will match your 615e on the CPU side, and completely rinse the 5450 on the GPU side. And all in a 25w package. For about £65 including a mobo.

 

[SupermotoMX]

just to add to this, my paticular 5350 will do 2ghz on 1.15v [0.15 undervolt] or 2250mhz on 1.2v so you could easily reduce power / increase speed slightly with a little bit of work, truly amazing chip for the money

 

[MrBlobby]

AMD Kabini

The 5350 Athlon will match your 615e on the CPU side, and completely rinse the 5450 on the GPU side. And all in a 25w package. For about £65 including a mobo.

Thanks brilliant weird thing is my cpu seems to sell on eBay for about £45

Is there a more powerful cpu as I was thinking of more of CPU upgrage than a GPU upgrade ?

 

[cheesyboy]

One of the T series i3s (such as 4160T) would do the trick. They're a lot more pricey than a Kabini (around £90-£100 plus mobo), but suitably more powerful on the CPU side. GPU is ok too.

Or an FM2+ AMD Kaveri. They're weaker on the CPU side than the i3, but the quad-core ones (A8 & A10) are still a strong upgrade on your current unit. Graphics side is a long way ahead of the i3. You'd need a locked one to get lower power (not the "k" processors)

Neither of those is as low power as the Kabini, but they are higher performance parts.

 

[MrBlobby]

AMD Kabini

The 5350 Athlon will match your 615e on the CPU side, and completely rinse the 5450 on the GPU side. And all in a 25w package. For about £65 including a mobo.

Anything better out now ?

 

[joeyjojo]

Just to add to what cheesyboy said in #4, ANY integrated graphics are going to be faster than your 5450. A lot faster.

For ultra-low power, Kabini is still the best option. Everything else falls in the 50-100 W range, mainly AMD Godavari (Kaveri refresh) and Intel Skylake chips.

 

[MrWhippy]

and also note for low power, some fm2 motherboards can be powered by a laptop type dc adapter.